[Laughter] That's what it is, Nick! There, we've just been really interesting are learning the skill of coal, switching, even if you didn't have the language or even the awareness that you are doing. The new podcast Anything for Selena, from NPR member station WBUR, doesn't begin with the late singer's biography or her most popular songs. And if I could just say, I don't think we talk enough about gratitude, and I just want to say, I will be so grateful. you know first generation my family to go to college. InAnything For Selena, Maria goes on an intimate, revelatory quest to understand how Selena has become a potent symbol for tensions around race, class and body politics in the United States. You can find Maria at: Instagram | Websites. Well, what norm? You know lake marie, with my audience from the beginning and let them know like the person who is telling you this story, This is somebody who's coming from a very personal place, that's why I started the podcast with the creosote bush. Today, we present episode one of Anything for Selena, a new podcast from WBUR and Futuro Studios. U s: mexico border: like. This week: Maria Garcia's radically personal podcast, Anything for Selena, a love letter to la reina--the queen--Selena Quintanilla. You know who is this, he's been painted a lot different ways in a very public lion and describing it, Your ability to actually have a sit down with him when he basically said no area, body for years and years and years in and how that led to a conversation that really do so. In this intimate journey, Maria explores what Selena's legacy shows us about belonging in America. So I don't think that would be controlling. Yet conversations where we can go wherever feels right to go and really explore, is, I think, often we don't really think about the limitations of the channel itself, and how that matches or doesn't match with, the way they were personally wire till it, with the work that we're here to do. ===Excerpt: Anything for Selena, Episode 4: Big Butt Politics===, Jennifer Lopez turned the fashion world on its ear with a bottom that shot her straight to, She came with two limos: one for her, one for her ass. And so coming back to this project has been like a personal reckoning for me, to think about my own place in the world, and to think about my own identity. After that, she transitioned to arts and culture reporting and narrative radio storytelling. And so I grew up thinking that it was imperative for me to assimilate, frankly, to just get through life. On March 31, 1995, nine-year-old Maria Garcia came home to find her mother glued to the TV, tears rolling down her rosy cheeks. From you know that I loved certainly now that this was not an unbiased account of her legacy. Incluso el New York Times lo catalog el gnero latino de ms rpido crecimiento del pas. Showing people like this, nay begins in a place in a place that really shaped me, It brought you in to your senses, also, which I thought was really fallen a, it because it ground you in a different way. I couldn't separate myself as a person, from my role as a journalist here and I had to sort of clean with the listeners, and I think that, parts of myself that are scary for me to show you. And so I think that there was just a natural effervescence, and a natural talent, and she was a disciplined musician, and all of that came across on stage. And Selena helped change that. So you you make this moved up to public radio and one of the most iconic public radio stations had been around for a long time where. U sausage, loving genius, for without you. I spent my early life in Mexico on the weekends and in the States during the week, and so I really came into consciousness very aware--hyper-aware--of the duality within me. I have to know that this is like a poetic, get into a story and that they're gonna write this red with us and. Subscribe now so you don't miss it! Maria descubre que es una historia de inmigracin, de dinero y de cmo dos grupos usualmente ignorados fueron enfrentados entre s. In the premiere episode of Anything for Selena, host Maria Garcia explores how Selena helped Maria find her own place in the world. [Laughter]. The story of Tejanos decline isnt so simple, though. I've never seen anything like that. We were unable to subscribe you to WBUR Today. on the cusp of major major start up. [Laughter] Because I'm sure there will still be some residual feelings. Anything For Selena | Podcast on Spotify Sign up Log in Home Search Your Library Create Playlist Liked Songs Cookies Privacy Preview of Spotify Sign up to get unlimited songs and podcasts with occasional ads. We're here still talking about her because she had such a stage presence. Maria heads to Joshua Tree, California for an intimate interview with Selenas widower, Chris Perez. And so we argue that Selena has come to represent Latinidad: what it looks like, what it sounds like to be Latino, and that's great. You know my parents saw. Originally from Fresno, California, Kristin is an NPRNext Generation Radioalum who cut her teeth on the NPR Arts Desk, KQED, St. Louis Public Radio, and as an arts journalist in Russia. I am becoming a part of this, so you're telling your personal story to I'm so curious, certainly how your experiencing you're insertion into this and trying to navigate like where, doing justice to myself, I'm doing justice to the story and am also like. Marias quest takes her to Abraham Quintanilla, Selena Quintanillas notoriously guarded father. it's really a story about belonging, which we all need Maura. It's completely find that is it the nature of the medium? Though she sees the show as a personal journey to make meaning of Selena's life and legacy, Garca felt it was important to make sense of how she profoundly touched the hearts and minds of many. You know in, mexico and with my family, my mexican family, curves and. Maria reflexiona sobre lo que su ao de anlisis del legado de Selena revela sobre la humanidad de La Reina. Marlon Bishop is a Peabody Award-winning radio producer and editor with a focus on Latin America, immigration, identity and society, music and the arts. And saying alone, we all get through moments and, only through one right now and it's actually ok to not just keep it to yourself, till I be without the beings and people as you walk that path? I feel so honored to be, like, your Selena doula! sixteen seventeen. When he was granted DACA, he was able to intern for Oregon Public Broadcasting as a production assistant for OPBsState of Wonderand OPBsWeekend Edition. The creators of Anything for Selena take listeners behind the scenes for a look at the making of the podcast. You know my biases, like wit, silly taken about, and so I knew ethically I had to disclose that and that that had, be part of the narrative? but what an amazing experience to be able to do that. Everybody always says, "She has a big. Selena devotees of all ages have turned to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to restore and remix Selenas memory. Why has her being resonated with me so much? The 10-episode podcast had over half a million downloads and was an intimate journey about belonging in America for podcast host and creator Maria Garcia, a journalist and first-generation Mexican immigrant.The podcast received a nomination for Best Spanish . Have you ever been so deeply affected by another person that their story literally gives your life context and meaning and even a sense of belonging? The phone kept ringing. She was born in Ciudad Jurez and was raised there and in El Paso, Texas, where her family immigrated to when she was 3 years old. And what if theyd been gone from the planet for 25 years, but still it was like they were present in your life, guiding and inspiring you every day? Whatever side of the border I was on, it felt like the other half of me was missing. The good life project is supported by cabinets to go so whether you're, a big clerk or not. 2023 Southern California Public Radio - All Rights Reserved. On the podcast Anything for Selena, Apple Podcasts' Show of the Year of 2021, Maria Garca combines rigorous reporting with impassioned storytelling to honor Selena's legacy. There were palpable, and very obvious, anxieties around immigrants, and specifically Mexican immigrants. Ben Brock Johnsonis Executive Producer of podcasts for WBUR, where he directs strategic and editorial initiatives involving podcasts and on demand audio. But when Selena died, Tejano went from boom to bust. I am, you know. Then of course jailer comes along and eighty ninety seven and play selina and takes that conversation. You know I did it and jobs, I did it, when I went to my fancy grad school, and it was, I would say my late twenties early thirties that I, to realize. beyond you know the man made border and what our past. The link in the show notes, the good life project is supported by a script so between the great resignation, quiet quitting and all these trends. wanted to start with something like this. She started getting a little thing. And it was the very first time that I saw somebody who resembled my community, who resembled my family, who resembled those of us who were in the middle. You can find more of Juan Diegos work onL.A. TacoandLatino Rebels. So like, totally fair. what led to that end, the lake late fierce resistance from her dad the illegal tell really powerfully in the pond cas but her huh, during this whole winter time, and you knew, when and found him and were able to arrange a sit down with them, and this was in the middle of the endemic at this point. or walking around in a man's just knowing that I'm sort of being held close by, and yes, there's something kind of powerful and magical about that. A lot of people have told it the way that they wanted it taught. En este episodio, Maria explora por qu el spanglish de Selena pareca tan revolucionario para su poca y, a la misma vez, tan familiar para sus fans, quienes tambin padecan con el idioma de sus padres o antepasados. I think I think you have to share this. No credit card needed. Kristin Torres Twitter Associate ProducerKristin Torres is an associate producer in WBURs podcast unit. So when I discovered Selena, this was in the mid-90s, and I like to call it sort of "the age of assimilation," at least in in my lifetime, and I went to a predominantly Latino school--again, I grew up on the U.S.-Mexico border--but there was a hierarchy that rewarded only the most assimilated of kids. Tesla. But it's also often the first step on a path to freedom and in the new memoir quitting why I left my job to live a life of freedom, former white house, aide political commentator and bt personality. Its not a biography podcast. That, it turns out, is the power of authenticity, agency, and legacy. Think about the OJ Simpson trial, this was sort of the beginning of the precursors of reality TV in the 90s. ", "Let's burn our [indecipherable] with these peppers.". How would we know that a fun is merely a vessel for delivering equity, smoked sausage to your mouth and that there is no shame in being the first to get seconds, good life project is supported by the chamber, so good nutrition. Selena is often called the "Queen of Tejano music." In the 1990s, she brought this underdog genre to international heights. connection with the land. You know like regionally known when she was twelve or thirteen. That that's what was going on is that from very early on five six, seven, eight years old, I was learning to be married in the states and. But then, something changed her life. But I realized how much I did it at the cost of not confronting pain, and drowning myself in work to sort of not confront these very personal, emotional battles that were going on inside of me. Twenty is. So like. It was really. Can we shorten this down? More in a minute. "This journey begins at the border, a place in the in-between where, for a long time, I felt divided in two. This is an unofficial transcript meant for reference. You do you, stories woven into this, but it's also there, are exploring along the way, almost like using, her story in your story, as these launching points are not the least of which is, media after her death, even really teat up the question of like, be harmed or raised or not recognise along the way, important conversations that you t up in a very, like that just mention those on the side, but you like now, but actually dedicate a substantial amount of conversation to these. in a very lucky, no community, but this was in the nine days when assimilation was very, very, very praised, so, even though it was largely let tee no community, the assimilated, kids and the white kids were sort of at the top of the school hierarchy and there was a sort of shame in being exe. roots music, mexican american roots, music from texas, from when she was eight years old. Let us be human." Selena Quintanilla, the Grammy-winning ascending Mexican American popstar had been killed swiftly, violently by the president of her fan club. So what I'm hearing is that she's sort of this symbol of that bridge that many non-white Americans have in this country, of being of the two worlds and not being part of either. 00:38:34 - Episode 5. Plus,. And then when she died, that was amplified astronomically. sound, didn't you read the narrations end it. It's my heart, in a podcast. Because again, my heart could not not be here. Kim Kardashian alborot internet con su trasero y Jen Selter, una mujer blanca y juda de Long Island, se ha autoproclamado la belfie queen (una combinacin de las palabras butt, que es trasero en ingls, y selfie) en Instagram. NPR and Futuro Studios present The Last Cup, a limited series about soccer and the immigrant experience. public radio station that both its journalism, We're making this story like these decisions, possibly say, first, I'm gonna share that like this is my lads and its informed by all this, but but also in doing so. . Ok, I think you ready for this, but I want, Through cereal eyes, storytelling for those who don't know who we're talking about when I, much of the world when you literally just use that first aim selina knows, but for those who don't, Maybe a little bit more about this person was, Eight, the handle singer from corpus christie, taxes the hanno is like. That's been around for, releases these chemicals. I think that it's the collective brain trust that often makes the project, am. En lnea, la imagen y la msica de Selena han adquirido nueva vida en redes sociales y plataformas que eran inimaginables cuando ella an viva. She won the Grammy. immediate family and fans, it's also it's your personal style. Sort of like a shared experience between the Latino community and the broader white American communities, basically. I want there to be a record that really really solidified her leg, see and told us how she changed culture, how she changed music, and I wanted to use my craft ass, story? Maria analyzes why Selena's brownness is an essential part of her legacy. I need to trust and rely on and open to, like the point of view of other people and. Hear our news on-air at our partner site: Selena Quintanilla is a cultural icon for many, but for Maria Garcia, she's much more than that. listen lee mexican, and I remember internalizing this shame. It's interesting also right because you knew your incredible, cancer is virtual dive into anything. January 16, 2023, 3:41 AM. Sort of standard american education in the states, but in mexico. At Marketplace, Bens reporting was regularly heard onMarketplacewith Kai Ryssdal,The Marketplace Morning Reportwith David Brancaccio,The BBC, and published inThe New York Times. Esta exploracin nos lleva a un lugar inesperado. They would say you know what we really. Thank you so much. Kim Kardashian broke the internet with her butt and Jen Selter, a white Jewish woman from Long Island is the self-proclaimed belfie queen (butt selfie) of Instagram. And it's about my theory that there's a direct historical lineage from Selena to the big butt culture of today, 25 years later, and it's a deep look at how we went, as a country, in a quarter-century, from aversion to big butts to obsession with big butts. You know like I it's real like, find by so many things, and one of them is my love for Selina and so, was learning not to separate sort of mexican maria from american maria. Se transform en el modelo a seguir de cmo alcanzar la aceptacin dentro del sueo americano para todos los Latinos. You know I had to. And it's more complicated than that. It was the early 1990s and she was 7, watching the Tejano star perform on television. She discovered Selena the Mexican-American pop icon who proved she didnt have to choose. And it mattered a lot for mexican american and let de la girls like me, who were getting mixed messages about whether these features that we. Sus seguidores de todas las edades han recurrido a Instagram, TikTok y YouTube para restaurar y presentar de nuevas formas la memoria de Selena. And somebody once told me like, "What you're scared to write about, what makes you the most scared to confront, that's what you should be writing." So if your kitchen makes you feel less than excited about cooking or inviting company over visit cabinets to go dot com to request their free custom, three d design and quote for a kitchen make over as seen on hgtv dream home cabinets to go dot com is your one: stop renovation destination, they have everything you need from design to installation and with two hundred thousand cap and it's available and ready to ship. She was americans born and, like I said, corpus Christie, so her first language was english. And so, yeah, I think I'll do a lot of gratitude crying. That early resonates are often described. In the 25 years since her murder, Selenas image has taken on new meaning. They that to the listeners that, like this journey, was Selena that were about to go on it comes from a very specific place. Pero algo cambi su vida. Sign up free 0:00 0:00 as a journalist I had to disclose where I was coming. 00:40:44 - NPR and Futuro Studios present The Last Cup, a limited series about soccer and the immigrant experience. And this sort of harsh refusal to do that. After her death, Tejano went from boom to bust. body- and she was talking a lot about her by and. February 16, 2021 A quarter century after her death, Selena is breaking the internet. Oh, my gosh, there are so many reasons, Nick. When the beginning, that was a moment where that there were four, of these moments. Las ceremonias de premiacin de la msica tejana eran eventos glamorosos y los DJ de estaciones de radio dedicadas al gnero eran vistos como estrellas de rock en Texas y el resto del sudoeste de Estados Unidos. Yeah, I have a large rear, I guess, for the norm, but for me, it's normal, 'cause I grew up. Episode 5. time on Jonathan fields, signing off for good life project. A quarter century after her death, Selena is breaking the internet. So before she even died, whether she wanted to be or not, the world immediately appropriated her as a symbol for an ascending Latino identity, for saying, look, Latinos can do this, Latinos can be themselves, Latinos can be joyful, Latinos can succeed in the United States. "I'm a little bit big right now because I enjoyed . All around text says, he started when she was a. Travelling. Twenty five years later, Maria is on a quest to understand what it means to love, mourn and remember Selena. And so I knew that I had to bring the personal, the authentic--and I don't take over the story, but I'm definitely with you on this journey, or you're with me on this journey. Into these topics in very cool and unusual way through the lens of the life of the iconic performer silly, kinda near and the impact she had not just on marine life, but on tens of millions around the world even decades after her tragic passing at a young age and also not because Maria or for that matter, any of those millions new silly that personally, but because, that is an informed the way maria and those millions saw themselves, their sense of homeless heritage community and the call to celebrate uniqueness and amber. We're here. I'm just so grateful that I get this opportunity to tell her story, to write her this ode, and to explore myself in the process. March 13, 2021 En el final de la serie Anything for Selena, Maria reflexiona sobre lo que su ao de anlisis del legado de Selena revela sobre la humanidad de La Reina.
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